What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 979 - 316 Old Tang: It feels like someone was talking about me_3

Professor Du began to ponder deeply, he didn’t want to lose face in front of his students.

He thought about it in class and after class, but still couldn’t come up with a good solution, it seemed he could only demand car repair and a bit of compensation.

So Professor Du replied like that, and then came Wang Jing’s barrage of words.

“That’s it? That’s all? Who couldn’t think of that, sigh, as expected you’re no help.”

Professor Du: “I… speechless…”

In the Tengda Office, Wang Jing put down her phone, originally thinking of getting something from the professor, but even provocative tactics were of no use.

Professor, how can you be so bad!

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and after a few days, Jingzhou Xinda Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. received a court summons from the Bright District Court.

In the office, Director Liu casually tossed aside the copy of the complaint and said: “This woman is dreaming if she thinks she’s getting over ten thousand!”

“Everyone talks about how impressive Tengda’s lawyers are, but it doesn’t seem all that special to me.”

The middle-aged man beside him laughed and said: “Director Liu, Tengda is only propped up by Tang Fangjing, apart from him, the others are not impressive, what did you expect.”

“Alright then, you and Director Su go to court for this case. My request is very simple, a compensation of one thousand, and it must not exceed two thousand.”

The middle-aged man nodded; he was the company’s legal affairs director and would naturally step up in such situations.

Time passed slowly, and finally the day of the court session came.

Before this, the Bright District Court had organized mediation, but the parties were too far apart in their demands—one side wanted ten thousand while the other would only give one thousand—so there was no way to mediate.

Luckily they didn’t let the two sides meet; the mediator made contact with each side separately, otherwise, there would have been an argument again.

As for the court hearing, needless to say, it was the time for the verdict.

“The court holds… according to the ‘Civil Code’… the verdict is as follows!”

“Defendant Jingzhou Xinda Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. is ordered to repair the vehicle and compensate the plaintiff Tong Yunyu for the vehicle’s depreciation loss of three thousand yuan!”

This was still taking into consideration that the car did not leave the shop and was hit by an employee from the shop.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, compensation for vehicle depreciation loss is generally not supported by the courts.

A search of court cases will show that the realization of vehicle depreciation loss requires the depreciation to reach a certain extent. Compensation for vehicle depreciation loss should be approached with caution, and in principle is not supported, except in rare and extreme cases where appropriate compensation may be considered.

Such rare and extreme cases refer to new cars involved in serious accidents, where, despite restoration to their original appearance post-repair, their safety, comfort, and driving performance cannot be restored to their pre-accident levels, causing the vehicle’s value to decrease.

Everyone can notice a problem here: the depreciation of the vehicle recognized by the court and what we understand as vehicle depreciation are different matters.

Our understanding of vehicle depreciation is the price of selling the car after buying it; normally, as soon as a new car leaves the dealership, the resale price is no longer the same.

But the courts consider depreciation to require an impact on vehicle performance; if it’s merely cosmetic accidents, compensation is generally not supported.

When the verdict was delivered, Tong Yunyu’s face was particularly displeased; she wanted over ten thousand, but ended up with only a fraction.

Li Wanting, however, was alright with it; she thought whatever could be recovered was good enough.

The verdict concluded, and the three of them walked out together. Although unhappy, Tong Yunyu knew there was nothing she could do once the court had ruled, as appealing would cost money and the chances of a different ruling were slim.

But she definitely had to vent a little.

“I spent five hundred on the expert’s fee not to mention lawyer’s fees, and now I only get three thousand, this is a joke, my new car got hit and I have nowhere to seek justice!”

Li Wanting was about to comfort her when she heard a voice: “Look at that, Director Fang, I told you she just wanted money, and she still won’t admit it.”

Tong Yunyu turned and saw that Director Su and the middle-aged man from the court were also walking out, the words just now were said by Director Su.

Director Su simply couldn’t hide his annoyance and couldn’t help but retort, although he thought Tong Yunyu’s complaint was useless, it still had some impact on the dealership.

“Enough already, what’s wrong with wanting money, is there a problem with me asking for money?” Tong Yunyu couldn’t help but reply.

“No problem, ask all you want, see if the court supports you, it’s really funny, oh right, you wanted to return or exchange the car, didn’t you? Why don’t you keep suing, go on!” Director Su goaded her again.

Director Fang, the middle-aged man, actually wanted to intervene, but he held his tongue.

“Even approaching Tengda’s lawyers, do you think Tengda’s lawyers can twist facts? I’ll tell you, even if you bring Tang Fangjing here, I’ll say the same thing!”

Hearing this, Li Wanting, who originally didn’t plan to speak, suddenly got angry: “What are you talking about? Why bring our Director Tang into this?”

“Did I say something wrong? Aren’t all lawyers like that? You were possibly saying, talking about how the ‘Civil Code’ this and that, why don’t you say it now, what could Tang Fangjing even say?”

Director Su really didn’t want to say that, but sometimes people speak without thinking.

“You…” Li Wanting was about to say something when another voice sounded.

“It seems someone is talking about me, what can I say?”

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As the voice fell, a few people turned their heads to see, and then saw old Tang standing there with his briefcase, his face showing a hint of puzzlement.